Something clicked inside Terrence Jones when he saw teammate Anthony Davis lying on his back in pain after a hard collision under the LSU basket. “When stuff like that happens to one of your brothers, you don’t like that,” Jones said. “The only way we could redeem that is by continuing to play hard, just…
Terrence Jones elects to pay back LSU on his own
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at LSU
Go here for boxscore. Kentucky improves to 21-1, 7-0 in the Southeastern Conference, while LSU falls to 12-9, 2-5. The Wildcats are 81-24 all-time against LSU and 29-16 in Baton Rouge. UK is now 892-251 in SEC regular season action. Kentucky has won three-straight against LSU by an average of 29.3 points. Kentucky extends…
Terrence Jones leads Kentucky past LSU, 74-50
Terrence Jones highlighted a 27-point performance with a 13-0 run on his own and No. 1 Kentucky pulled away in the second half for a 74-50 win over struggling LSU Saturday night. Anthony Davis had 16 points and 10 rebounds despite briefly leaving the game when he hurt his right shoulder in a scramble for…
Even at 20-1, Calipari pushing Kentucky to be ‘special’
No one moved to Nemanja Djurisic after the Georgia freshman set a screen and then moved to an open spot on the three-point line. After Djurisic swished a three-pointer, Kentucky Coach John Calipari raised both hands, then opened and closed the fingers to signal his players should have talked with each other to make sure…
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Georgia
Boxscore and Game Notes: Kentucky at Georgia
Top-ranked Kentucky too much for Georgia
For just the fourth time in the 48-year history of Stegeman Coliseum, a No. 1 ranked men’s basketball team strutted its stuff in the old but recently renovated arena on Tuesday night. Kentucky looked the part for much of the game in rolling to a 57-44 victory over Georgia. The Bulldogs hung around for the…
Darius Miller leads Kentucky over Georgia, 57-44
Darius Miller came off the bench to score 19 points and Kentucky cruised in its first game since returning to No. 1 in the rankings, beating Georgia 57-44 on Tuesday night. Miller, who had started eight of the previous nine games for the Wildcats (20-1, 6-0 Southeastern Conference), returned to the sixth-man role he had…
Looking back at Melvin Turpin’s near perfect game
The newly minted No. 1 Kentucky Wildcats (19-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) travel to historic Athens, Ga., to take on Mark Fox’s Georgia Bulldogs (10-9, 1-4 SEC) in a late-night league showdown. The Cats will be looking for a measure of payback after last year’s 77-70 loss at Georgia in a game best described as a tough, physical…
Six Cats reach double-figures for the first time since 2004-05 to beat Alabama
Darius Miller hit four free throws in the final minute and freshmen Marquis Teague and Anthony Davis each added two more as No. 2 Kentucky held on to beat Alabama 77-71 on Saturday for its 47th straight home victory. Kentucky (19-1, 5-0 Southeastern Conference) led the entire second half, but Alabama’s Trevor Releford scored all…
Anthony Davis is ESPN’s Player of the Night
Well, duh. They had this to say about the young man: “Anthony Davis was nearly perfect for the Kentucky Wildcats in their 86-63 win against Arkansas. The freshman had 27 points, 14 rebounds and seven blocks. He’s the first player to reach all three of those levels in a game since Herbert Hill of the…